Patrick Larreategui

Patrick is a general surgeon living in Dayton, Ohio, the birthplace of aviation. He was bitten by the aviation bug after an intro flight in 2006 and obtained his private pilot certificate six months later. He is instrument rated for single and multiengine land airplanes. He holds endorsements for complex, high performance, and tailwheel aircraft. He currently owns a Mooney M20R. He loves sharing his passion for aviation with others. In his spare time, he volunteers for Pilots and Paws, Angel Flight East, and EAA Young Eagles. Most of all, he loves flying adventures with his wife and two children.

It was a cold February day when I decided that we would fly our 1994 Mooney M20R to Havana, Cuba. Restrictions for U.S. citizens traveling to Cuba had recently been lifted. The island was only 90 miles from Key West. We had flown our Mooney to the Out Islands of the Bahamas in the past. The only problem was that my wife did not want to go.

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